Adventure 003, Site 032 – Hayes Mansion

Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, Site 032 – Hayes Mansion
California Landmark Number: 888
National Registry ID: 75000481




Team: YOLT
Date:  August 27, 2013
Location:
Coordinates: 37°15′44″N 121°49′15″W

Address: 200 Edenvale Ave, San Jose

Description:
Date Built: 1904
Architect: George W. Page


Interesting. This place is just huge! But also seemingly uninviting to the common person. Being astute plaque observers, we found the plaque by the front door and took the picture. But as we were debating what to do, a well dressed gentleman eyeballed us, and moved as far away as he could. When the doorman opened the door for him, we understood, we presence had contaminated the grounds enough. So we made our exit.


As a note: When we got home and were doing some additional research on the mansion, we found out a couple of things. First, the place may not be so put offish as what it seems. There is a self guided tour of the grounds which we could have gone on. The second item is that we did find a plaque, but there is the official California Landmark plaque someplace on the grounds.



NO. 888 HAYES MANSION - Jay Orley and Everis A. Hayes built this Mission Revival style mansion, designed by George W. Page in 1904. The Hayes brothers were early San Jose Mercury publishers, prominent valley politicians, and were actively involved in establishing the Santa Clara Valley fruit industry. The mansion consists of 62 rooms, 11 fireplaces, and was paneled in over a dozen different woods.
Location: 200 Edenvale Ave, San Jose



References:

• Wikipedia
  
• National Registry of Historic Places: Documentation and Pictures
  
• WAY: Entry One, Entry Two
  
• NoeHill
  
• Schmitt
  
• HMDB: Entry One (This is the marker we found), Entry Two
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)
  
• NoeHill (NOE)
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)
  
• Waymarking (WAY)